The Register, 1977-09-02

              ray charles will appear in moore gym september 9 tickets are 3.00 for students and 5.00 for general admission by flora weaver the essence of education is overcoming a difficulty alain at the age of fifteen charles left st augustine's joined a dance band in jacksonville florida later he cut confessionblues but was fined six hundred dollars because the union . had banned recording in 1954 charles began recording with atlantic records his first record on the new label was 1 got a woman and woman charles attended st augustine's school for the deaf and blind in orlando florida where he learned to read and write braille to type to play piano and to make mops and brooms ray charles one of the greatest musical geniuses will be appearing in moore gym september 9 the older son of aretha and bailey robinson ray charles robinson was born in albany georgia ray charles did not begin to turn blind until the age of six from a variety of glaucoma is my belief that few institutions are as well equipped as a&t university to launch such a program at the present not many students have enrolled in the program dr williams said that as more funds become available more recruiting takes place and in 1959 he changed from atlantic to abc records he recorded georgia on my mind and two years later he won two consecutive awards as top male vocalist in down beat's international jazz critics poll he also received a grammy award from the national academy of recording arts and sciences the same year in 1973 larry newton formed an independent label crossover records co and ray charles made a new deal with crossover in 1962 he recorded the lp modern sounds in country and western which earned him a gold record for the single i can't stop lovin you it has sold over 3,000,000 copies to date ray charles his wife delia and their three sons-ray jr his personal enthusiasms include the building and repair of highly complicated mechanical equipment such as television sets tape recorders and high fidelity sets he can also make repairs on airplanes david and robert-live in los angeles ray charles could be said to be a legend in his own time tickets are 3.00 for students and 5.00 for general admission come out and enjoy the show you may not get another opportunity like this one more people become aware of the program with its hiehlv qualified staff enrollment will increase morris assists in finding jobs scholarship available through new program set up appointments for the representatives who are coming for particular job opportunities students can come by the placement center each month to pick up schedules or the transportation institute has student scholarships of 2,200 available for students interested in the transportation english department adds masters program by anthony boyd the english department under the direction of dr jimmy williams has begun a new masters degree program in english and afro-american literature the program is intended to supply the demand for teachers qualified to teach afro-american literature the program was conceived in the spring of 1972 by dr williams it went through various stages of development before being approved by the central administration and board of governors at chapel hill dr williams said that although he conceived the program the faculty was extremely helpful in its organization the english department feels that this program is unique in that it is the only one of its type in the nation the basic objectives of this program are to create a greater awareness and understanding of the contribution of blacks to american literary tradition foster scholarship and research in afro'american literature and serve as a resource center to curriculum development on the public school junior conwbkhty and 1 four-year college level the program will also prepare teachers of literature to offer afro-american literature in a ll school levels and provide teachers with an apparatus for elevating afro-american literature dr williams stressed the fact that this program is not a black studies course he said that he has a qualified staff of fourteen professors holding doctorates of which five have a concentration in afro-american studies students should know where year requests for change can be they want to go throughout the accommodated the student's grades must be in good university standing and the student is required to work ten hours per week on research in the transportation program any upperclassman who is interested and meets the qualifying requirements should apply in room 302 of merrick hall research assistantship applicants should apply no later than september 9 this fall for any interested student program in order to apply one must be a sophomore junior or senior there is no special major requirement except that the participant take one transportation course a year courses such as transportation management and economics of transportation are being taught the dean said there is nothing unusual about the pattern of the young ladies moving out of curtis hall there is a sufficient amount of time for requests of movement the women are not only moving out of curtis but out of all seven dorms some of the women want to be closer to their classes or maybe with their friends dean piggott continued we don't evaluate a student's reason for moving all halls were notified to stop making transfers so a roster can be established for the dorms by now all the she said we have requested furniture for the lounge and some of the students rooms to bring curtis hall up to par these orders are now in the office of fiscal affairs and as soon as he finds the funds they will be ordered dean piggott also said that this fee is optional to the ladies this money can be accounted for by the treasurer of the residence hall at meetings or by the university council which is open to anyone who wants to know what happened to the money collected by the dormitories many of the male students on campus are asking why the girls have seven dorms and they have only two and why the girls that were assigned to curtis are moving out dean piggott said that curtis was a dorm for women about eight years ago as time progressed there were more women than men so the women were transferred to . cooper hall and the men ' to curtis hall.i mrs lucille piggott dean of women was questioned on the subject concerning the reason that 3.00 fees are paid by women students in the residence halls dean piggott explained that 2.00 were for women council fee and 1.00 is for the residence hall the residence halls use the money for christmas parties picnics and other activities during the year the halls are not funded for these types of activities by the university one endorser of the program dr richard barksdale of the university of illinois wrote it by sheila williams washington i morris director of the * career planning and placement center located in murphy hall assists students in finding off-campus part time work and graduates with permanent employment as far into their major as possible in the fall an interview clinic is conducted to further assist students appointments are set up with professional recruiters and faculty members in teaching the students how to have interviews and what they are all about a career activity program is also planned where 150 representatives of business industries and government institutions come to the campus and set up their various booths one is ischeduled this year for september 27 and 28 in moore gymnasium all a&t students faculty and nearby high school seniors and their counselors are invited to attend september 2,1977 the a&t register page 3 the leach line by albert leach i piggott explains female fees